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Stennett is a British cattle breeder, doing business as The Cattle
Company. He was one of the original importers of Belgian blue
cattle from Belgium to Britain. Mr. Stennett is the past president
of the Belgian Blue Association.
Petitioner advertised his breeding operation (known as
Johnson's Belgian Blue Cattle) in farmers' and/or cattlemen's trade
magazines.
The offspring from petitioner's first heifer were outstanding;
petitioner won several awards in the United States. Others
approached him with regard to finding Belgian blue cattle.
Petitioner was unable to meet the demand for Belgian blue cattle
through his own operations. Consequently, petitioner agreed to
broker the purchase and sale of Belgian blue cattle in the United
States for Mr. Stennett and others, notably a partnership
consisting of the Vanderhayden family of Ontario, Canada, and
Orliin Pelton.3 In this regard, Mr. Stennett would send Belgian
blue cattle embryos--which had been "flushed" from Belgian blue
cattle in Britain, frozen, and then transferred--to Canadians4 such
as the Vanderhayden family, who would then implant the Belgian blue
embryos into non-Belgian blue heifers at the Vanderhayden farm.
3 The record does not contain any specific information
regarding Mr. Pelton.
4 During the years in issue, U.S. law prohibited the
direct importation of Belgian blue cattle embryos from Britain to
the United States.
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